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Power Politics

Power Politics

By Beverly Anna Barthel

I just had the opportunity to view the rebroadcast of Chris Hayes’ “The Politics of Power.” What a highly intelligent and common sense documentary on the politics of climate change. If more people would pay attention to the reality of how our climate is changing, not just here in America, but all over the planet, and start internalizing the connection between those who persist in denying it with the industries that stand the most to lose if solar and wind catch on, we could actually accomplish something. All I need to mention is the name of the Koch brothers, Exon, BP, Shell etc… Common sense tells you why they would so vehemently oppose. The reality is here. The amount of carbon trapped around our planet is growing and growing . The evidence of global warming is seen in the melting of the polar ice…